Kwame Nkrumah
First president of Ghana
Sayings by Kwame Nkrumah
The history of Africa is the history of struggle.
We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. We will not be kept in subjugation anymore.
Socialism without democracy is not socialism.
We have learned that the struggle for independence is not an end in itself, but a means to an end.
The white man is capable of doing anything.
The only alternative to neo-colonialism is a united, socialist Africa.
The forces of reaction are always at work.
We are not going to be second-class citizens in our own land.
The African continent must unite or disintegrate.
I am a Ghanaian, an African, and a citizen of the world.
The greatest contribution we can make to world peace is to unite Africa.
The people of Africa are one and indivisible.
Power is not given, it is taken.
The greatest enemy of Africa is tribalism.
We must manage our own affairs.
The future of Africa is in the hands of Africans.
We must guard against the dangers of fragmentation.
Only a united Africa can be truly independent.
The path to independence is fraught with difficulties, but we shall overcome.
Our independence is a stepping stone to the total liberation of Africa.